"The Mystical Positivist," is dedicated to the application of reason in the pursuit of spiritual practice and development. I look to this format to be challenging and a bit controversial in that the New Age community tends to have an overly romantic picture of the gritty pursuit of spiritual transformation. My thesis is that rationality is in no way the antithesis of deep mystical experience, in fact, I assert that it is a necessary ally - hence the blog name "Mystical Positivist."

An interview with Red Hawk, author of Self Observation - The Awakening of Conscience, an Owner's Manual.

The Mystical Positivist is joined by Red Hawk, renowned poet, long term spiritual practitioner, and author of the critically acclaimed new book on Self Observation. This book is probably the most concise and lucid discussion of the foundational spiritual practice of Self Observation yet to be published.

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Holy shit this is a great talk! The point that the mind and body are like two things is interesting. I like the way Red Hawk points out that he can go through his whole day without being aware of his body, it's level of tenseness in the muscles. I love his comments about how the body and the breathe are always only in the present, unlike the mind. The final thing that really resonates for me is the importance of observing oneself without putting oneself down or judging what is seen/felt, yet still feeling the pain of the facts that are observed. I really hope you're able to get Red Hawk back for a two hour edition of The Mystical Positivist!

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February 10th: A pre-recorded conversation with Ocke de Boer about his new book Two Souls. His previous book is called Higher Being Bodies. Ocke de Boer is the engine of a Work-group in Holland which has been in existence since 1990. He studied esotericism in Amsterdam for 4 years at a Raja Yoga School for Universal Thinking, which is non-dualistic thinking. Mr. de Boer gained a general education in philosophy, religion and esoteric systems without getting lost in any of them. His center of gravity is in the Fourth Way, our Work, which he refuses to call the Gurdjieff Work. In his own words: “Gurdjieff was and is a very big guy in the Fourth Way, but he did not invent it.”